All posts tagged "Central Bank"

  • US Treasury leaves major climate risk mitigation network

    The US Treasury and central bank have withdrawn from a group of central banks and regulators created to mitigate climate risk in the financial system and support the transition to

    • Posted February 5, 2025
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  • Lithuania showcases regtech prototype amid focus on anti-money laundering efforts

    Lithuania’s central bank, Lietuvos Bankas, showcased a new regulatory technology (regtech) protoype this week that automates reporting procedures, cutting the administrative burden for financial market participants. The prototype – developed

    • Posted February 25, 2021
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  • ECB launches SupTech procurement

    The European Central Bank (ECB) is stepping up its investment in SupTech – technology for supervisory agencies – with a planned spend of more than £200m (US$276m). SupTech has growing

    • Posted January 21, 2021
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  • OECD warns against pivot to austerity

    The chief economist of the OECD has urged governments not to rush to cut public spending deficits, setting out a very different position from that taken by the organisation in

    • Posted January 4, 2021
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  • Bank of England moves to ‘unlock potential’ of cloud

    The Bank of England (BoE) appointed Appvia, a London-based cloud services start-up, to help it integrate cloud technology across its operations last week. The BoE’s head of digital platforms, Oliver

    • Posted December 10, 2020
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  • Singapore grants non-banks access to e-payments infrastructure

    Singapore’s central bank is opening up its retail payments infrastructure to non-banks from February 2021 to simplify e-payments for consumers and businesses. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced on Monday that

    • Posted December 3, 2020
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  • Tallinn tales: Estonia’s role in developing the digital euro

    Rainer Olt is leading research on digital currency technology for Estonia’s central bank. In an interview with Ian Hall, he talks blockchain, privacy and instant payments Estonia boasts a well-forged reputation

    • Posted November 26, 2020
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  • Brazil central bank launches instant payments system ‘Pix’

    Brazil’s central bank launched a state-run instant payments platform this week for citizens, the private sector and government entities. The scheme, known as Pix, is part of Agenda BC#, which

    • Posted November 19, 2020
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  • Estonia launches research into digital currency

    Estonia has kicked off research into the suitability of its e-government technology for operating a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The country’s central bank, Eesti Pank, has launched what it

    • Posted October 8, 2020
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  • Regulators set out steps to boost cross-border payments

    The harmonisation of Application Programming Interface (API) protocols for data exchange and “more consistent” anti-money laundering (AML) oversight are among the priorities set out by a group of central banks

    • Posted July 16, 2020
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